Instrumentation is vital for the design and implementation of measuring,
monitoring and actuation systems and in data acquisition and processing,
playing nowadays a fundamental role in many technological areas, as well
as in those of certification, control and information.

The
increasing demand of experimental accuracy in all scientific areas makes
instrumentation for measurement a crucial component, particularly in
higher education curricula with a strong technological element, being
also essential at research and development level.

The
Handbook of Laboratory Measurements and Instrumentation
presents experimental and laboratory activities with an approach as
close as possible to reality, even offering remote access to
experiments, providing to the reader an excellent tool for learning
laboratory techniques and methodologies. Book includes dozens videos,
animations and simulations following each of chapters. It makes the
title very valued and different from existing books on measurements and
instrumentation.

This
unique methodological book comprises 13 Chapters. Each one presents a
clearly defined learning objective, the essential concepts and a
step-by-step guide for performing the experimental activity, various
complementary multimedia contents and a final synthesis. The set of open
questions that closes each module is intended to provide formative
assessment.

Book is intended:

to
stimulate hands-on activity

to
contribute to the uniform use of concepts and definitions based on
the International Vocabulary of Metrology

to
introduce the user to the manipulation of equipment and devices for
experimental tasks and to methods and procedures for measuring
physical quantities of general relevance

to
promote the critical appraisal of measurement results

to
explore the working principles and characteristics of the sensors
and transducers more commonly used in laboratory and industrial
applications

to
clarify important features of signal conditioning and transmission
and data acquisition and processing

to
introduce the concept of virtual instrumentation together with web
monitoring and actuation by providing access to remote experiments

The Handbook of Laboratory Measurements and Instrumentation
significantly contributes to the dissemination of experimental activity
in engineering education and to facilitate the conception, tuning and
exploration of experimental systems for laboratory training. The full
technical description of the equipment is provided to make the setups
easily reproducible. Engineers, technicians and students who are working
in measuring laboratories will find plenty of practical information here
for solving daily problems.

13.1 Introduction
A calibration procedure of a temperature measurement system with a
Pt100
System for straightness evaluation of a line in a given direction
on a surface
Mechanical material characterization
13.2 Experimental Procedures
13.2.1 Temperature calibration procedure of a Pt100 transmitter system
13.2.2 Straightness evaluation
13.2.3 Mechanical material characterization
13.3 Synthesis
13.4 Acquired Knowledge